ascendancy
Position of control
Ascendancy is a position of dominant power or controlling influence over others.
When a person, group, or idea gains ascendancy, they rise to a place of superiority: The party's ascendancy in parliament lasted nearly two decades.
The word often appears in political and historical contexts to describe shifting balances of power.
Someone in the ascendancy is on the rise or currently dominant.
Dominant group's control
- predominanceSuperior influence or control
- preeminenceSuperior status above others
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- primacyCondition of being foremost
dominion · supremacy · mastery · superiority · upper hand · paramountcy · sway · command
Power to enforce obedience
- governanceHow authority is exercised
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
reign · regime · control · administration · leadership · management · stewardship · hold
Rock back and forth
- cloutInformal power or punch
- leverageBorrowed capital for amplified returns
- pullForce toward oneself
- weightMeasure of heaviness
authority · hold · grip · persuasion · impact · effect · control · manipulation
Height above reference point
- advancementForward movement or promotion
- progressionSequential forward movement
- climbAscend using effort
- surgeSudden powerful increase
growth · expansion · upswing · upturn · increase · mounting · escalation · emergence
Descent from progenitors
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- successionFollowing in order
- monarchyRule by crowned sovereign
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
nobility · throne · empire · realm · kingdom · royal line · hereditary rule · crown
hegemony
Dominant group's control
- predominanceSuperior influence or control
- preeminenceSuperior status above others
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
primacy · dominion · supremacy · mastery · superiority · upper hand · paramountcy · sway · command · authority
authority
Power to enforce obedience
- governanceHow authority is exercised
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
jurisdiction · reign · regime · control · administration · leadership · management · stewardship · hold · grip
sway
Rock back and forth
weight · authority · hold · grip · persuasion · impact · effect · control · manipulation · steering
elevation
Height above reference point
- advancementForward movement or promotion
- progressionSequential forward movement
- climbAscend using effort
surge · growth · expansion · upswing · upturn · increase · mounting · escalation · emergence · trajectory
lineage
Descent from progenitors
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- successionFollowing in order
- monarchyRule by crowned sovereign
aristocracy · nobility · throne · empire · realm · kingdom · royal line · hereditary rule · crown · regent
- empireempire, emperor, empress, imperial, imperial regalia
- royaltyking, queen, prince, princess, kings
- dominancedominance, dominant, supremacy, superiority, primacy
- excellenceexcellence, greatness, superior, perfection, premium
- Power & Dominancedominate, rule, command, conquer, control
- leadershipleadership styles, leader, leadership skills, boss, leading
ascendancysubordination
Lower position in hierarchy
subjugation · servitude · subservience · powerlessness · subjection